... investigated the efficacy of two surgical interventions or two non -surgical managements The study did not provide data on intervention effectiveness) The study published before 1970 Types of outcome ... found that surgical was superior to the non surgicalintervention at six months with the weighted mean difference 0.35 (95% CI 0.22, 0.47) for functional status and 0.43 (95% CI 0.29, 0.57) for symptom ... literature search of four databases was conducted in June 2010 for studies addressing effectiveness of surgical or conservative interventions for CTS The research strategy is list in Additional File...
... at the time of the report [3] The authors recommended surgicalinterventionfor localized disease Indications forsurgicalinterventionfor melanoma metastatic to the gallbladder While survival ... melanoma within the gallbladder The patient was treated via a LC [19] Thus, for MMGB the clear indications forsurgicalintervention are disease limited to the gallbladder and biliary symptoms Other ... found deposit in the gallbladder Clear indications forsurgicalintervention are disease limited to the gallbladder and symptomatic disease for palliation Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without...
... with prior surgical resection (52%), and 14 patients were treated with FSRT as primary treatment without prior surgicalintervention (48%) Therefore, of all patients treated with prior surgical ... contrast-enhanced CT and MRI scans were performed for treatment planning For patients without prior histological confirmation, an additional PET using 68 Ga-DOTATOC was performed as reported previously [17,18] ... and a median of 56 months (range 2-132 months) for those treated for progression of ONSM after surgical resection All patients were treated with FSRT For treatment planning, patients were fixed...
... their presentation as portalhypertension with rapid progressive liver failure is unusual Patients with breast cancer who suddenly develop signs and symptoms of portalhypertension in the absence ... biopsy A portal venogram confirmed the presence of esophageal varacies in our patient Pre-TIPS portal venous pressure measured 31 mmHg, while her central venous pressure was at mmHg Her portal ... hepatic parenchyma Meanwhile, histopathology revealed the true nature and cause for our patient's symptoms and portalhypertension Biopsy revealed the unusual pattern of micronodular cirrhosis induced...
... purpose g p p for genitourinary (GU) health research in p y deployed female soldiers • Provide research questions and specific aims of current research study • Discuss recent findings for ongoing ... groups of U.S Army Active Duty female soldiers who will deploy to Iraq Iraq – Intervention Group: Schofield Barracks, HI • Intervention includes 60 pre-deployment education class, feminine hygiene ... · the Military and Surgery · 2000 Slide 14 Implications for Nursing • • • Findings can be incorporated into routine predeployment care for female Soldiers to promote well p y p being and health...
... and portal hypertension, this aspect of adrenomedullin should be explored in cirrhosis and portalhypertension Conclusion To date, there are only limited options for the treatment of portal hypertension, ... Splanchnic and Systemic Circulation in PortalHypertension 13 When mild portalhypertension is generated in rats using partial portal vein ligation, an increase in portal pressure is too small to cause ... of mild portalhypertension may likely correspond to the portal pressure changes observed in early-stage cirrhosis, in which the progression of portalhypertension is generally slow When portal...
... Henningsohn, & Steineck, 2002) Unfortunately, research on appropriate interventions targeting these acquired sexual arousal complaints is sparse There is weak support for physical interventions, such as ... instructions from the investigator before leaving the testing room on how to insert the probe Once inserted, they were encouraged to relax on a reclining chair for 10 minutes before watching the video segments ... experience their genital arousal in a way that they reported not experiencing for some time since before cancer: That was useful for people like me who are…well, older Back when I had sexual desire that...
... 2: Average NPI-Q score for the 6-month period (n=16) 25 CENTRE FOR RESEARCH INTO READING, INFORMATION AND LINGUISTIC SYSTEMS (CRILS) Care Home Waiting for months, Reading for months Graph shows ... not present 24 A LITERATURE-BASED INTERVENTIONFOR OLDER PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA Care Home Continuous reading for months Graph shows the average NPI-Q scores for all of the participants who ... group for months and then offered a reading group for months he T remaining two care homes continually held a reading group for months Originally, it was planned to have one care home reading for...
... were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 min, blocked with 5% bovine serum album for 45 min, then incubated with primary monoclonal antibody (1:200) at room temperature for h Cells were washed ... subsequently incubated for 24 h to allow attachment After incubation for 2,3,4,5,6 days, 20 μl MTT solution (5 mg/mL in PBS) were added to the wells for h incubation before termination by aspiration ... denaturing: minutes at 95°C, 40 cycles with denaturing at 94°C for 30 seconds, ananealing at Tm for 30 seconds and extension at 72°C for minute Products from PCR were separated by electrophoresis...
... chooses to seek treatment for her SUI Distress or bother and QoL are both improved following surgicalinterventionfor SUI Further studies are Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health ... effectiveness of surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence Several surgical options exist to treat stress urinary incontinence The choice of procedure depends on several factors including surgical ... from women receiving surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence Pre- and post-operative quality of life data from women who have elected to undergo surgical treatment for stress urinary...
... osteotomy site should be performed for canal decompression Abnormities in spinal canal (bony crista or septation) or spinal stenosis should be managed before osteotomy and deformity correction Exposure ... severity of deformity, spine flexibility, patient's age, type of deformity, and combined other deformities Severe scoliosis is more difficult to treat than usual ones As the spine deformity is severe ... angle (P > 0.05), curve correction rate after traction surgical procedure (P > 0.05), But Radiographic assessment for sagittal balance was performed by measuring thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis,...
... were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 min, blocked with 5% bovine serum album for 45 min, then incubated with primary monoclonal antibody (1:200) at room temperature for h Cells were washed ... subsequently incubated for 24 h to allow attachment After incubation for 2,3,4,5,6 days, 20 μl MTT solution (5 mg/mL in PBS) were added to the wells for h incubation before termination by aspiration ... denaturing: minutes at 95°C, 40 cycles with denaturing at 94°C for 30 seconds, ananealing at Tm for 30 seconds and extension at 72°C for minute Products from PCR were separated by electrophoresis...
... a family-based community interventionfor HIV/AIDS in three core domains: (1) perceptions about and preferred format for planned intervention; (2) preferred methods for implementation; and (3) ... conduct formative research that will inform the development of a family-based intervention to prevent HIV infection among Indian youth living in a rural community in Maharashtra The family-based intervention ... embarrassment For adolescents, feelings of discomfort emerged around the idea of having a mixed-gender programme Although some adolescent boys and girls felt comfortable with a mixed-gender HIV/AIDS intervention, ...
... and portal hypertension, this aspect of adrenomedullin should be explored in cirrhosis and portalhypertension Conclusion To date, there are only limited options for the treatment of portal hypertension, ... Splanchnic and Systemic Circulation in PortalHypertension 13 When mild portalhypertension is generated in rats using partial portal vein ligation, an increase in portal pressure is too small to cause ... of mild portalhypertension may likely correspond to the portal pressure changes observed in early-stage cirrhosis, in which the progression of portalhypertension is generally slow When portal...
... each site as experimental or control Intervention The object of the present study is the first phase of the intervention The complete intervention takes place for to h initially and then in several ... Analysis for between-group differences was performed for education and marital status using χ2, gender using Fisher's exact test, and age using the t test A correlation matrix was performed to ... experimental intervention, namely that it is possible for patients to seize opportunities for intimacy safely from the beginning of therapy A second lesson is that doing so may be also necessary for therapy...
... infusion of alendronate for hypercalcemia, but the response was only short-lived Investigations for common causes of hypercalcemia were inconclusive Our patient had splenectomy for diagnostic purposes ... splenectomy Splenectomy not only is helpful for diagnosis but also for treatment of refractory hypercalcemia Consent Written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report ... prednisolone, methotrexete, and/or anti malarial drugs Indications for surgery include symptomatic splenomegaly, severe hypersplenism, prophylaxis for splenic rupture, and neoplastic exclusion [4,5] Our...
... of pelvis and abdomen) were preformed to evaluate patients for the possibility of surgery Surgical procedure According to the protocol of the study, surgery was performed 4–6 weeks after the end ... patient out of 39 patients who underwent surgical resection due to local recurrence (2.5%), 18 months after treatment This patient was reoperated forsurgical resection of the recurrent tumor ... replacement for 5-FU/LV in chemoradiation schedules for patients with rectal cancer, (table 5) Beyond the increase in convenience of using oral agents, there is also a clear rationale for improved...
... routinely for staging purpose [17] In our series, lymphadenectomy was performed in 48.3% (29/60) of cases We had no definitive criteria for choosing the surgical procedure, including the indication for ... nephroureterectomy was developed in an effort to reduce the morbidity of the surgical management Indeed, several investigators have recently suggested their benefit for patient recovery with disease ... of retroperitoneal approach and a feasible technique for LNU Additionally, Page of (page number not for citation purposes) World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, 6:3 http://www.wjso.com/content/6/1/3...